Chef Boyardee just sold for $600 million—its founder was an Italian immigrant who was living the American Dream at 17 years ...

By 1946, Chef Boy-ar-dee (as it was named then, before pivoting to today’s style, Boyardee) Quality Foods sold to a larger food company for $6 million (about $100 million today).

Food giant Conagra is selling off its Chef Boyardee brand to Hometown Food Company, which is owned by the Connecticut-based private equity firm Brynwood Partners. Chicago-based Conagra, whose ...

Chef Boyardee is getting a new home. Conagra Brands has agreed to sell the nearly century-old brand to private-equity firm Brynwood Partners for $600 million, executives told The Wall Street Journal.

Chef Boyardee labels and cans left at Boiardi's resting place. Courtesy of Courtney Eastman. Bioardi died in 1985 and was buried in Ohio, where he'd changed his life.

Cans of Chef Boyardee, owned by Conagra Brands, are seen for sale in a store in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 15, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab ...